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  • MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland. by Allen, David E. and Gabrielle Hatfield.
    Allen, David E. and Gabrielle Hatfield.
    MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland.

    Edition: First edition.

    Portland, OR: Timber Press, (2004). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the medicinal uses of more than 400 species used by the people of Britain and Ireland. Based on firsthand accounts captured by surveys, on more than 1000 manuscript volumes of the Irish Folklore Commission, and on 300 other published and unpublished sources. Includes illustrations from herbals such as those by Bock, Fuchs, and Brunfels, a map and a selection of color photographs by Deni Bown. Includes an appendix on veterinary remedies, sources and indexes of folk uses, scientific names and vernacular names. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-881926388.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71246
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  • POINSETTIAS: The December Flower - Myth and Legend - History and Botanical Fact. by Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer.
    Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer.
    POINSETTIAS: The December Flower - Myth and Legend - History and Botanical Fact.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tiburon, CA: Waters Edge Press, (1997). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated throughout in full color.Everything imaginable about this plant, from his history in Aztec days to how it became a symbol of Christmas and how to care fro the plants. Bibliography, index. Square format, 63 pp. ISBN: 0-965622495.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 62131
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  • ARCHIVE OF ETHNOBOTANIST ANTHONY KWEKU ANDOH,ÊPh. D., F. L.S., by Andoh, Dr. Anthony Kweku (1943 - 2011)
    Andoh, Dr. Anthony Kweku (1943 - 2011)
    ARCHIVE OF ETHNOBOTANIST ANTHONY KWEKU ANDOH,ÊPh. D., F. L.S.,

    Edition: First edition.

    San Francisco / Ghana: By the author, 1993-2000. First edition - Andoh was a British educated ethno-botanist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the author of several books on ethno-botany and natural healing. Born in Ghana, West Africa, Andoh was the son of the late J. E. Andoh, Africas foremost botanist. He was a descendant of a long line of botanists, herbalists and traditional healers for many generations. He pioneered the development of the Botanic Gardens at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology at Kumasi, Ghana. Along with his lifetime partner, Kali Sichen, Dr. Andoh developed a line of natural healing products, Harbinger Herbal Nutrients, and promotes a healing paradigm, the Mama Moringa Self…

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    San Francisco / Ghana: By the author, 1993-2000. First edition - Andoh was a British educated ethno-botanist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the author of several books on ethno-botany and natural healing. Born in Ghana, West Africa, Andoh was the son of the late J. E. Andoh, Africas foremost botanist. He was a descendant of a long line of botanists, herbalists and traditional healers for many generations. He pioneered the development of the Botanic Gardens at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology at Kumasi, Ghana. Along with his lifetime partner, Kali Sichen, Dr. Andoh developed a line of natural healing products, Harbinger Herbal Nutrients, and promotes a healing paradigm, the Mama Moringa Self Healing System.The herbal formulas are based on ancient and traditional remedies passed down in his family and used widely in Ghana and West Africa. (https://habeshainc.org/kweku-andoh/) Among the plants he was most associated with was Tabernanthe Iboga, cultivated for centuries by the people of Gabon for use in religious ceremonies as a psychotomimetic and as a medicine with analgesic effects. In the mid to late 90s, as Dr. Andoh began to talk more about Iboga plants ability to cure severe drug addictions like heroin, the plant's popularity began to take off. He was also instrumental in popularizing Moringa oleifera in the United States. The World Church Service was tasked with a humanitarian effort to increase the birth weight of babies born in Senegal, W. Africa. They called on Dr. Andoh to assist in finding a plant that could help nourish a constant stream of malnourished babies. His answer was Moringa oleifera, a plant with so many nutrients that it is like taking nature's multivitamin. The mission was a success and now 20 years laters, you can find Moringa oleifera in your grocers health food aisle. The North Scale Institute uses the plant Moringa oleifera, also known as Nebedaye, as a food and medicine to address the pandemic of diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS and malnutrition throughout Africa and the African Diaspora. (https://americanherbalistsguild.com/dr-anthony-kweku-andoh-essex-igyan) Included in this archive are 1 The Sankofa Journal: Volume 3, Issue 1, March 14, 1998 focused on "'"Myristicaceae: The Nutmeg Family"; illustrated, 6 pp stapled and folded 2.The Sankofa Journal, Summer July 2000 issue with long articles on Tabernanthe Iboga and Moringa oleifera. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 50 pp in stapled wrappers with a color photograph on front cover. 3. Nebedaye, The Promised Savior by Dr. A. Kwaku Andoh. 34 pp booklet in stapled illustrated wrappers. 4. Nebedaye, The Tree of Life, a promotional brochure. Illustrated with color photographs. 8 pp in stapled wrappers. 5. Upuaut: How a German Robot Debunked the Institution of White Supremacy, by Anthony Kwaku Andoh.1997. Illustrated. 16 pp booklet in stapled wrappers. 6. 2 folded printed New Year's greetings for 1994 and 1995, each with a color photograph of Andoh and Kali Sichen on the front cover. 7. Two original photographs of Moringa oleifera trees growing in Ghana. 8. Postcard from Ghana and letter in original mailing envelope to ethnobotanist and collector Paul Baygell. 9. Photocopy of an interview with Andoh in the Miami Herald in 1993.

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    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 90928
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  • TRAVELS IN A STONE CANOE: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers by Arden, Harvey and Steve Wall.
    Arden, Harvey and Steve Wall.
    TRAVELS IN A STONE CANOE: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Two journalists who came back from an assignment in Indian Country with a powerful message for humankind share the intensely personal story surrounding their time with the Wisdomkeepers, and continue to extoll the Native American approach to humanity and life." Photographs. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-684800942.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86102
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  • PHARMACEUTISCHE BOTANIK IN TABELLEN-FORM: Eine kurzgefaste Anleitung zur Kenntniss sammtlicher, by Ascherson, Dr F. M. [Ferdinand Moritz, 1798-1879], praktischem Arzte und Operateur in Berlin.
    Ascherson, Dr F. M. [Ferdinand Moritz, 1798-1879], praktischem Arzte und Operateur in Berlin.
    PHARMACEUTISCHE BOTANIK IN TABELLEN-FORM: Eine kurzgefaste Anleitung zur Kenntniss sammtlicher,

    Edition: First edition.

    Berlin: in der Schuppel'schen Buchhandlung, 1831. Hardcover first edition - in der funften Ausgabe der preufsischen Pharmakopoe aufgefuhrten, und vieler andern mit ihnen verwandten Pflanzen. Nebst einer fasslichen Darstellung der offizinellen Pflanzenfamilien nach Jussieu's naturlichem System. Register. Errata. 84 pp mit 2 kupfertafeln. 19 cm x 23 cm. / Pharmaceutical botany in tabular form: a concise guide to the knowledge of all the plants listed in the fifth edition of the Prussian Pharmacopoeia and many other plants related to them. In addition to a clear representation of the official plant families according to Jussieu's natural system. Index, errata 84 pp plus 2 engraved plates of botantical drawings.Text in Geman.

    Condition: Good only in plain black boards - wear to the covers, contents very good. Laid in the upper portion of an invoice from Dietrich & Stewart, Druggists and Chemists with Dayton O 185- printed at the top.

    Book ID: 90192
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  • POISONOUS PLANTS OF PAKISTAN. by Askari, S.H. Abid.
    Askari, S.H. Abid.
    POISONOUS PLANTS OF PAKISTAN.

    Edition: First edition.

    Oxford, New York & Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects in one volume information about the poisonous plants that can be found in Pakistan which previously could only be found in scattered, specialized scientific papers. A beautiful book, in which detailed descriptions of the plants are accompanied by author's own accurate full color botanical drawing which highlight the poisonous parts of each plant. Of interest especially since otherwise toxic or poisonous plant extracts can have therapeutic value at lower dosage levels. Includes notes and references with each plant, plus glossary of botanical and medical terms, index of common English names and botanical names. xv, 512 pp. ISBN: 9780195977899.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 59228
    Keywords: botany, Ethnobotany
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  • PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN WEST AFRICA / PLANTES UTILISEES DANS LA MEDECINE TRADITIONELLE EN AFRIQUE DE LOUEST. by Assi, Laurent Ake and Sita Guinko.
    Assi, Laurent Ake and Sita Guinko.
    PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN WEST AFRICA / PLANTES UTILISEES DANS LA MEDECINE TRADITIONELLE EN AFRIQUE DE LOUEST.

    Edition: First edition.

    Basel, Switzerland: Editiones Roche, (1991). Hardcover first edition - Bilingual edition with the text printed in two columns - English on the left and French on the right. Edition bilingue avec le texte imprime en deux colonnes - anglais a gauche et franais a droite. Illustrated with full color full page botanical paintings by Amon Aya Lazare. Index of common names and local names. Bibliography. 151 pp. ISBN: 5-907946596.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards., no dust jacket, as issued.

    Book ID: 90917
    Keywords: africa, botany, Ethnobotany
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  • MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE WEST INDIES. by Ayensu, Edward S.
    Ayensu, Edward S.
    MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE WEST INDIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Algonic, MI: Reference Publications, Inc., (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Caribbean islands have had a long acquaintance with herbal medicine in the form of "bush teas" going back to the early days of slavery and using both plants introduced from West Africa and indigenous plants. Illustrated with full page botanical drawings throughout. The second book in the series "Medicinal Plants of the World." Includes notes, glossary, bibliography, medicinal index, common names index and index to species. 282 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-917256123.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83982
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  • ON THE RACES OF THE OPIUM POPPY GROWING IN SEMIRECH'E AND THE ORIGIN OF THEIR CULTURE. by Bazilevskaya, N.A.
    Bazilevskaya, N.A.
    ON THE RACES OF THE OPIUM POPPY GROWING IN SEMIRECH'E AND THE ORIGIN OF THEIR CULTURE.

    Edition: First English language edition.

    New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta & New York: Amerind Publishing, (1976). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon monograph, translated from the Russian. Illustrated with photographs, maps (including one folding map). References. 68 pp.

    Condition: Very good in salmon cloth (sunning to the edges of the board and the spine)

    Book ID: 66520
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  • SOCIETY AND DRUGS: Drugs I: Social and Cultural Observations & STUDENTS AND DRUGS: Drugs II: College and High School Observations (2 volume set) by Blum, Richard H. and Associates
    Blum, Richard H. and Associates
    SOCIETY AND DRUGS: Drugs I: Social and Cultural Observations & STUDENTS AND DRUGS: Drugs II: College and High School Observations (2 volume set)

    Edition: First edition.

    San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - A publication of the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, Stanford University. Each volume has a bibliography and index. xvi, 400 pp. xix, 399 pp. ISBN: 0-87589-0334; 0-87589-0342.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jackets.

    Book ID: 58588
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  • CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Art of FlimFlam. by [Brinkley, John.] Brock, Pope
    [Brinkley, John.] Brock, Pope
    CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Art of FlimFlam.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2008.). First edition - An account of one of the most 'creative criminals in American history.' 'John Brinkley was a multi-millionaire, surgeon, broadcasting pioneer (he put his powerful station in Mexico, on the other side of the Rio Grande and is responsible for introducing country and western music to the nation), politician (candidate for governor of Kansas) and friend to the rich and famous. He was also a con-man who cheated millions with his 'cure' for impotence. In 1917 he introduced a bizarre surgical method - inserting goat testes - to restore the virility to farmers and it attracted thousands of paying customers. The quackbuster Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA journal, however, vowed to put…

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    New York: Crown, (2008.). First edition - An account of one of the most 'creative criminals in American history.' 'John Brinkley was a multi-millionaire, surgeon, broadcasting pioneer (he put his powerful station in Mexico, on the other side of the Rio Grande and is responsible for introducing country and western music to the nation), politician (candidate for governor of Kansas) and friend to the rich and famous. He was also a con-man who cheated millions with his 'cure' for impotence. In 1917 he introduced a bizarre surgical method - inserting goat testes - to restore the virility to farmers and it attracted thousands of paying customers. The quackbuster Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA journal, however, vowed to put Brinkley out of business and a cat-and-mouse game ensued. Yet for many years Brinkley continued to prosper and kill and maim patients by the score! Bibliography, notes, . 310 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57740
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  • SACRED PLANT MEDICINE: Exploration in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism. by Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle.
    Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle.
    SACRED PLANT MEDICINE: Exploration in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Focuses primarily on plants as they were used by Native Americans in North America. "Useful as a reference book and inspires the reader to look again at the plant world as a source of life and healing." INSCRIBED on the half title page "For -- in the spirit of the plants" and dated in 1997. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Includes 19 full color botanical plates by Cyncie Marini. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle. Appendices, index. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-570980853.

    Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (very minor edgewear on dustjacket).

    Book ID: 54600
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  • MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE. by Camp, John.
    Camp, John.
    MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: "Whatever reason is given for being ill, a vast body of preventive and therapeutic folk medicine and practice has evolved through the centuries. Many of these 'cures' have a surprisingly scientific basis, and, in the light of modern knowledge, are far more efficacious than might be imagined from the beliefs on which they are founded. This fascinating book examine folk medicine from many countries, traces its origins and development and describes its surprising survival into this scientific and computerized age." Illustrated, bibliography, index. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-800850467.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 75108
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • TO WINDWARD OF THE LAND: The Occult World of Alexander Charles. by [Charles, Alexander, 1901-1974] Beck, Jane C.
    [Charles, Alexander, 1901-1974] Beck, Jane C.
    TO WINDWARD OF THE LAND: The Occult World of Alexander Charles.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1979). Hardcover first edition - The oral autobiography of a West Indian fisherman, who spent most of his life on Santo Domingo and on the Windward and Leeward Islands - one who "dared to go to the windward of the land, where the wind and seas are rough, the fishing is thought to be the best, and the challenge is the greatest to the fisherman in his small boat." In addition to being a fisherman, he was a sometimes smuggler, and most importantly a practitioner of black magic and bush medicine, in which he offers knowledge of magic and healing - not just as isolated cures but as integral part of his culture. in…

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    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1979). Hardcover first edition - The oral autobiography of a West Indian fisherman, who spent most of his life on Santo Domingo and on the Windward and Leeward Islands - one who "dared to go to the windward of the land, where the wind and seas are rough, the fishing is thought to be the best, and the challenge is the greatest to the fisherman in his small boat." In addition to being a fisherman, he was a sometimes smuggler, and most importantly a practitioner of black magic and bush medicine, in which he offers knowledge of magic and healing - not just as isolated cures but as integral part of his culture. in addition to the autobiography itself, this includes an extensive section of conversations with the author and her introduction and conclusions. Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and photographs. List of botanical terms, bibliography, notes. l, 309 pp. ISBN: 0-253160650.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83710
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  • TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN MODERN ZIMBABWE. by Chavunduka, G. L.
    Chavunduka, G. L.
    TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN MODERN ZIMBABWE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe, (1994). First edition - In addition to information about healers - how they go into practice, their backgrounds and their medicine and methods - this includes a discussion on witchcraft and sorcery. Charts, notes, bibliography. ix, 115 pp. ISBN: 0-908307403.

    Condition: Good overall in printed orange wrappers - some wear to covers, contents clean. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 90918
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  • "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" in MANKIND: Official Journal of the Anthropological Societies of Australia Volume 4 Number 10. May 1953 by Cleland, J. B. and others.
    Cleland, J. B. and others.
    "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" in MANKIND: Official Journal of the Anthropological Societies of Australia Volume 4 Number 10. May 1953

    Edition: First printing.

    Sydney: Anthropological Society of New South Wales, 1953. First edition - In addition to the featured article on "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" this includes articles on the discovery of adze heads in New Guinea and a selection of children's songs from Ooldea in W. South Australia. Illustrated with maps and drawings. pp 394 to 434.

    Condition: Good only in printed red wrappers - some wear to the covers, toning to the pages, prev owner's name.

    Book ID: 54772
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  • ON THE ROAD TO TETLAMA: Mexican Adventures of a Wandering Naturalist . by Conrad, Jim.
    Conrad, Jim.
    ON THE ROAD TO TETLAMA: Mexican Adventures of a Wandering Naturalist .

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Armchair adventure for the reader with a keen interest in both natural history and exotic culture... Here is an 'on the road'tale that combines a naturist's observations, misadventures, encounters with birds and people - and discoveries about himself - during several months in backcountry Mexico." Accounts of life among the Nahuat Indians, and several sections describing the birds. Illustrated with drawings by Kelli Glancey.Index. xi, 196 pp. ISBN: 0-802711529.

    Condition: Ex-library with very few marks (appears uncirculated, tight and clean) in a near fine dj.

    Book ID: 73627
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  • DELFINA CUERO: Her Autobiography - An Account of Her Last Years and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions. by Cuero, Delfina (1900-1972) ; Florence Connolly Shipek
    Cuero, Delfina (1900-1972) ; Florence Connolly Shipek
    DELFINA CUERO: Her Autobiography - An Account of Her Last Years and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, (1991). An expanded edition of Cuero's autobiography, originally published in 1968, as written down by anthropologist Florence Shipek. "Delfina Cuero was a Native American Kumeyaay Indian born in 1900 in the Xamca (Jamacha) area of San Diego, California. The traditional lands of the Kumeyaay people encompassed both the coastal and mountainous regions of San Diego, USA into Baja California. Mexico. After an extended stay on the Mexican side of the new border, Delfina found herself on the wrong side and was unable to return to the United States. Having no documentation of her American citizenship, she was not allowed to return. Using the descriptions Delfina provided of the land, native plants, and her own…

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    Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, (1991). An expanded edition of Cuero's autobiography, originally published in 1968, as written down by anthropologist Florence Shipek. "Delfina Cuero was a Native American Kumeyaay Indian born in 1900 in the Xamca (Jamacha) area of San Diego, California. The traditional lands of the Kumeyaay people encompassed both the coastal and mountainous regions of San Diego, USA into Baja California. Mexico. After an extended stay on the Mexican side of the new border, Delfina found herself on the wrong side and was unable to return to the United States. Having no documentation of her American citizenship, she was not allowed to return. Using the descriptions Delfina provided of the land, native plants, and her own activities in California, Shipeks book eventually proved beyond a doubt that Delfina belonged in the United States and she was able to return in 1967 just before the books official publication. Cuero became know as the herb-woman, concocting herbal remedies for all types of ailments." (Heritage) In addition to the autobiography this includes an account of Cuero's last years and her ethnobotanic contributions - in which she located and identifyed the uses of over 70 plants - by Shipek. Frontispiece portrait, pronunciation guide. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers, No. 38. 98 pp plus a double page map. ISBN: 0-879191228.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90919
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  • SHADOWS IN THE SUN: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire. by Davis, Wade.
    Davis, Wade.
    SHADOWS IN THE SUN: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing (1992). First edition - The author, a Harvard ethnobotanist, writes with empathy and understanding and personal experience about indigenous tribes from the tropics to the Arctic circle. Included are chapters on shamanic healing, the plants of the gods - and on the end of the wild. Photographs. 156 pp. ISBN: 1551050269.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 56933
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  • WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle by De Civrieux, Marc.
    De Civrieux, Marc.
    WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "One of the oldest and longest of American creation myths, this oral tale has been gathered in Venezuela over the past 15 years by Marc de Civirieux, one of South America's leading anthropologists." Edited and translated by David Guss. Preface and glossary. Photographs. viii, 195 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-86547-0022.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43369
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  • DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards. by De Smet, Peter A.G.M.
    De Smet, Peter A.G.M.
    DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards.

    Edition: First edition., a large trade paperback.

    Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, (2010). First edition - An exploration of supernatural and natural healing practices all over the world through 270 colonial postcards from a private collection, published in conjunction with an exhibition of these postcards in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 2009. Shown in their original colors, the cards are a rich source of visual information about native health and healing, but also a source which needs to be considered with care, since many reflect the colonial prejudices and racist attitudes of the time. Notes, references. Large format. 215 pp. ISBN: 978-9460220173.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77972
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  • PSYCHEDELIC SHAMANISM: The Cultivation, Preparation, and Shamanic Use of Psychotropic Plants. by DeKorne, Jim.
    DeKorne, Jim.
    PSYCHEDELIC SHAMANISM: The Cultivation, Preparation, and Shamanic Use of Psychotropic Plants.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, (2011). First edition - An updated edition of a work originally published in 1994, which "presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. .. [includes] authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin." Among the comments on this edition is The original Psychedelic Shamanism filled a crucial niche in the literature on the use of psychoactive plants in spiritual practice. This updated and revised version establishes its relevance to the current generations search for insightful and thought-provoking…

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    Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, (2011). First edition - An updated edition of a work originally published in 1994, which "presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. .. [includes] authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin." Among the comments on this edition is The original Psychedelic Shamanism filled a crucial niche in the literature on the use of psychoactive plants in spiritual practice. This updated and revised version establishes its relevance to the current generations search for insightful and thought-provoking treatments of a controversial topic. (Rick Strassman, MD) and DeKorne writes closely from experience, within an informed background of inner exploration and growth, and that is what makes this book good." (Dale Pendell) Illustrated with drawings. Notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 245 pp. ISBN: 1-556439997.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90920
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  • ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MIDWIFERY. by Dewees, Wm. P. (1768-1841)
    Dewees, Wm. P. (1768-1841)
    ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MIDWIFERY.

    Edition: First edition.

    Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1823. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays by this noted Philadelphia physician, who is considered as changing the history of obstetrics in the US; he was among the first to contend with professional prejudice against doctors delivering babies, and his work helped to make it a respected branch of medicine. Topics include blood-letting; premature birth; rupture, inversion, haemorrhage and retroversion of the uterus; a reply to Dr. Peachy Harrison re impregnation; observation on Burns' "History of the Gravid Uterus;" sudden alteration of the color of the hair; use of volatile tincture of guaiacum in Catamenia; puerperal convulsions; dysmenorrhoea; suppression of menses; Bell's paper on the muscularity of the uterus and much more. iv, 9-479 pp.

    Condition: Good condition in the original tan leather with black and gilt spine labels - foxing and browning throughout, rubbing and wear to the edges of the boards, and a bit of fraying on ends of spine - but overall a sturdy and tightly bound copy.

    Book ID: 53387
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  • PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY OF MARLENE DOBKIN DE RIOS: 45 Years With Shamans, Ayahuasqueros & Ethnobotanists. by Dobkin De Rios, Marlene.
    Dobkin De Rios, Marlene.
    PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY OF MARLENE DOBKIN DE RIOS: 45 Years With Shamans, Ayahuasqueros & Ethnobotanists.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, (2009). First edition - An account of almost half a century of pioneering research in the Amazon and Peru by this noted anthropologist studying hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. Although the Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes was credited in the early 1950s as being the first to document the use of ayahuasca, other researchers, including de Rios, were responsible for furthering his findings and uncovering the curative capabilities of this compound. Illustrated with photographs, including some in full color. Glossary, list of publications by de Rios, bibliography, index. xvi, 190 pp. ISBN: 9781594773136.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) .

    Book ID: 81181
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  • IT STARTED IN EDEN: How the Plant-Hunters and the Plants They Found Changed the Course of History. by Dodge, Bertha S.
    Dodge, Bertha S.
    IT STARTED IN EDEN: How the Plant-Hunters and the Plants They Found Changed the Course of History.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, (1979) dj. Hardcover - An account of some of the early botanists, explorers and foot-loose travellers brought us such things as coffee, tea and chocolate, spices from black pepper to nutmeg, cloves and more - as well as medicinal herbs like quinine from the "fever bark tree." Bibliography, index. vii, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-070172900.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 87998
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  • THE PLANT MAGIC MAN. by Durrell, Lawrence.
    Durrell, Lawrence.
    THE PLANT MAGIC MAN.

    Edition: First thus- a slim trade paperback, issued simultaneously with a signed limited edition.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. First edition - An essay by Durrell on his experience with Ludo Chardenon, a herbalist in Arles, Provence. Cover blocks by Margaret Wilson. The fifth title in the 'Yes! Capra Chapbook Series' edited by Robert Durand and Noel Young. Illustrated with small decorations and woodcuts throughout. 25 pp plus a facsimile copy of Chardenon's preparations and plants, a final woodcut, a photograph of Chardenon and Durrell and the colophon. ISBN: 0-912264-519.

    Condition: Very good overall in illustrated wrappers (small chip to upper corner of front cover.)

    Book ID: 60795
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  • Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON. by [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON.

    Edition: First edition.

    (Porto-Novo (Benin) STRC / OUA, 1996. First edition - Published under the auspices of the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (STRC) of the Organization of African Unity, this is the first comprehensive survey of the medicinal plants of the area, including many which are indigenous to Cameroon. Each plant is described in alpahabetical order and is illustrated by a line drawing. Also includes listings of the major diseases and their treatments, a glossary, an index of the medicinal plants by disease, an index of the vernacular names of these plants and more. vi, 641 pp. ISBN: 9782453661.

    Condition: Very good in printed grey wrappers.

    Book ID: 56051
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  • ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya. by [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Guilford Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the survival, adaptation and utilization of traditional medical systems in a rapidly modernizing country and suggests that a collaboration between traditional and Western biomedicine would advance the goals of community health. Photographs, references, index. xxi, 354 pp. ISBN: 0-89862-7796.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53820
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  • PLANTS AND INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AND DIET: Biobehavioral Approaches. by Etkin, Nina L., editor.
    Etkin, Nina L., editor.
    PLANTS AND INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AND DIET: Biobehavioral Approaches.

    Edition: First edition.

    Bedford Hills, NY: Redgrave Publishing, (1986). Hardcover first edition - A multidisciplinary approach to this topic with contributions by 18 writers, and an introduction to each section by the editor. Included are papers on Folk Anti-cancer Plants by James Duke; Aztec Medicinal Herbs by Bernard Ortiz de Montellano; Coca in Andean Cultural Perspective by Jim Weil and much more. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams and tables. Index. xii, 336 p. : ill. ISBN: 0-913178020.

    Condition: Fine in olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover.

    Book ID: 71870
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • THE PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOGNOSY: An Introduction to the Study of the Crude Substances of the Vegetable Kingdom. by Fluckiger, Fiedrich A. and Alexander Tschirch.
    Fluckiger, Fiedrich A. and Alexander Tschirch.
    THE PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOGNOSY: An Introduction to the Study of the Crude Substances of the Vegetable Kingdom.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: William Wood & Company, 1887. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Frederick B. Power from the second and completely revised (and expanded) edition of 'Grundlagen der Pharmaceutischen Waarenkunde,' originally published in Germany in 1873. Includes 186 illustrations in the text. Index. xiv, 294 pp.

    Condition: Ex-medical society library but with only a few marks, and overall tight and clean in original dark green cloth with gilt lettering and bands on the spine. A few shallow scratches to the cloth.

    Book ID: 80973
    Keywords: Ethnobotany, medicine
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